Keeping Up with the Codeashians. Dealing with our fast paced industry.

Scott and Wes talk about how to deal with being overwhelmed with our fast paced industry. How do you keep you and your team's skills up to date?
Wes' Note: Scott came up with the title for this one. I know.
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Show Notes 1:00
WELCOME
Scott is 32! Happy Birthday
Wes Relaunched his React for Beginners course!
4:00
That feeling
Being okay with not knowing everything
9:00
How to wait it out
When you should jump into a library
1.0 of libraries
Dogfooding
13:00
Just In Time learning
Doubling down on the fundamentals
21:00
What is JAM Stack?
22:00
Why do you need to stay up to date?
Moving or Losing Jobs
Comfy Chairs
25:00
Hipster Web Developers
27:00
Someone think of the customers!
Technical Debt
Falling in love with web development again
Constantly challenging yourself
30:00
Complacency in Web Devleopment
Motivating Comfortable Web Developers
You have to stay up to date
32:00
Working on the weekends
Real Talk: part of your job is staying up to date
How to find time to learn on the clock
36:00
Adding new tech to projects as a way to learn
39:00
What if your senior developer is holding back progress?
How to convince your team or boss that you aren't just a hipster and this new tech is worth it
Show them the why!
47:00
Okay, I want to stay up to date. How?
Strong handle on fundamentals
Twitter
Twitter
WebDev Reddit
NodeJS is Cancer
Kitze's LOL Tweet
JavaScript Weekly
Lunch and Learns
Meetups
Siiiiiiiick Pixxxx Scott: Never Split The Difference

Wes: Containers Podcast

Shameless Plugz Scott: Pro Gatsby

Wes: React For Beginners

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